Minor League Recaps 7/18

Triple-A: Toledo Mud Hens (42-58)

W, 4-2 vs. Buffalo. Toledo jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and never looked back. Avisail Garcia combined with Nick Castellanos to go 5-8 at the plate with three runs scored and one RBI. Kyle Lobstein earned the win, while Jose Valverde notched the save.

• LHP Kyle Lobstein (W, 2-1): 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K
• RHP Jose Ortega (H, 5): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
• RHP Jose Valverde (S, 3 - 21 pitches, 14 strikes): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• LF Nick Castellanos: 2-4, R, 1 K
• CF Avisail Garcia: 3-4, 2 R, 2B (6), RBI, BB, SB (3)
• 1B Jordan Lennerton: 0-0
• DH Kevin Russo: 2-5, 2B (17), SB (5)
• RF Ben Guez: 1-3, RBI, BB, 2 K
• C Bryan Holaday: 0-4, 1 K

Double-A: Erie SeaWolves (49-47)

L, 6-3 vs. Altoona. Erie fell behind 2-0 during the first inning, and the SeaWolves could never fight back to take the lead. Starter Patrick Cooper took the loss, as the right-hander surrendered six runs on nine hits over four innings of work. Marcus Lemon drove in two runs for Erie, while Jamie Johnson drove in the other. Jameson Taillon, who is Pittsburgh’s second ranked prospect according to MLB.com, earned the win for Altoona. Taillon pitched seven innings and allowed five hits while walking two batters and striking out seven.

• C James McCann: 2-4, R, 1 K
• CF Daniel Fields: 0-4, 3 K
• SS Eugenio Suarez: 0-4, 2 K
• LF Tyler Collins: 0-4, 1 K
• DH Ramon Cabrera: 0-4
• RF Jamie Johnson: 1-3, RBI, BB, SB (15)
• 2B Marcus Lemon: 2-2, R, 3B (6), 2 RBI, BB
• 3B Brandon Douglas: 1-4, R, 1 K, SB (7)

Low-A: West Michigan Whitecaps (46-50)

W, 9-8 vs. Burlington. A seven-run eighth inning propelled West Michigan to victory. Lance Durham drove in three runs for the Whitecaps, while Danry Vasquez drove in two. Jason King, Adolfo Reina and Harold Castro also drove in one run apiece. Corey Knebel struck out the side in the ninth to earn his fourth professional save.

• RHP Edgar De La Rosa: 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 1 K
• LHP Josh Turley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• RHP Corey Knebel (S, 4): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
• LF Danry Vasquez: 2-5, R, HR (5), 2 RBI, 1 K
• DH Jeff Holm: 2-4, R, 3B (6), BB
• CF Connor Harrell: 1-4, 2 R, BB, 2 K
• 3B Jason King: 2-4, R, 2B (6), RBI, BB, 1 K
• 2B Harold Castro: 2-4, R, 2B (2), RBI
• 1B Lance Durham: 2-5, 2 R, 2B (27), HR (9), 3 RBI, 2 K
• C Adolfo Reina: 1-2, R, HR (3), RBI, 2 BB

Class-A Short-Season: Connecticut Tigers (12-18)

L, 10-0 vs. Jamestown. Kevin Ziomek started for the Tigers and took the loss. The southpaw pitched two innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on two hits. Julio Felix was then roughed up for six more runs (four earned) over the next two frames. Connecticut notched seven hits in the shutout loss.

• LHP Kevin Ziomek (L, 0-1): 2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• RHP Julio Felix: 2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Ryan Beck: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
• RHP Johnnie Kirkland: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• CF Austin Schotts: 1-3, 1 K
• RF Ben Verlander: 1-4, 1 K
• 2B Dominic Ficociello: 1-4
• SS Curt Powell: 1-4, 1 K
• 1B Pat Leyland: 1-4, 2B (1)
• LF Kasey Coffman: 2-4
• 3B Brett Harrison: 0-3, 1 K

Rookie: Gulf Coast League Tigers (14-8)

The Tigers split their doubleheader with the GCL Blue Jays. Both games lasted seven innings.

Game One: W, 9-7

• RHP Juan Falcon: 2 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• RHP Joe Jimenez (W, 1-0): 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
• RHP Ricardo Ciriaco (S, 9): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
• CF Ismael Salgado: 1-4, 2 R
• 1B Andrew Allen: 2-3, R, 4 RBI
• C Drew Longley: 2-4, 2B (3), RBI
• SS Steven Negron: 3-5, 2 R, HR (1), RBI, 1 K, SB (4)
• DH Adrian Castano: 0-3, BB, 1 K
• LF Jacob Kapstein: 2-3, 2 R, HR (1), RBI, BB
• 2B Taylor Johnson: 0-1, 1 K
• RF Miguel Paulino: 1-4, 1 K, SB (1)
• 3B/2B Javier Betancourt: 2-4, 2 R, 2B (4), 2 RBI, SB (1)

Game Two: L, 3-2

• LHP Preston Jamison (L, 0-1): 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 4 K
• RHP Brett Huber: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• LF Rashad Brown: 0-3, BB, 1 K
• 1B Dean Green: 0-3, 1 K
• C Tim Remes: 0-3, 1 K
• SS Steven Negron: 0-3, BB, 2 K
• DH Jesus Ustariz: 1-2, R, BB
• 2B Jose Zambrano: 2-3, 3B (1), 2 RBI
• RF Orvin Tovar: 0-3, R
• 3B Javier Betancourt: 0-2, 1 K

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